Combined bag-holder and sifter.



No. 665,275. Y Patented lan. I, 190|.

M. H. SHANLEY.

COMBINED BAG HOLDER AND SIFTER.

(Application led Jun 6, 1900.)

(No Model.)

ANrrnn STATES- MICHAEL H. SHANLEY,

ATJENT FFICE.-

OF GRANBURY, TEXAS.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 665,275, dated January1, 1901.

Application filed J une 6. 1900.

To all whom it mayconcern:

Beit known that I, MICHAEL H. SHANLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Granbury, in the county of Hood and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Combined Bag-Holder and Sifter, of which.

the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sifters for flour, meal, and the like, and hasfor one object to provide improved means for supporting a bag or sack inan elevated position, so that the contents thereof may be emptieddirectly into a sifter held beneath the bag, thus dispensing with binsand the loss of flour in the transfer from bags to the bin. It isfurthermore designed to provide means for facilitating the elevation ofthe bag into the proper position and to hold the bag against lateralmovement while the sifter is being operated.

Another object resides in the provision of improved means for supportingthe sifter directly upon the bag, so that the mouth of the latter may beopened directly within the sifter.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings,and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changesinthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation showing a bag of iourheldin an elevated position by the present invention and supplied with asifter. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is adetail perspective view of the clamp for application to the bag.

Corresponding parts in the figures of the f drawings are designated bylike characters of reference.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates'a bracket which isdesigned to be secured to a wall of the kitchen or other suitablesupport and provided with a pair of outwardly-directed arms 2, betweenwhich is journaled a grooved pulley or Wheel 3, over which runs a ropeor cable 5. Pendent from the outer ends of the arms is a yoke 6, havingSerial No. 19,281. (No model.)

a beveled cross-head 7 at the lower end thereof. A bag-engaging clamp 8is secured to the free end of the outer portion of the suspending-ropeby having the latter passed through a perforation 9, formed in the upperend of the clamp and tied or otherwise fastened. The body of this clampis in the form of a dat plate, having a transverse shoulder or thickenedlower portion 10, which projects at the rear side thereof and isprovided in its upper edge with a substantially V-shaped longitudinalgroove or recess 11. Projecting laterally outward at the front side ofthe plate and adjacent to the lower edge thereof is a screwthreadedbag-piercing pin 12, upon which is slidably fitted a clamping block ormember 13. Upon the outer end of the pin there is provided a suitablethumb-nut 14 to clamp the block against the adjacent face of the plate.

To secure a filled bag 15 to the suspending device, the pointed pin 12is stuck through the lower end of the bag, the latter being iuverted forthis purpose,after which the clamping-block is fitted to the pin, andthen the nut is set up against the block, so as to clamp the bag betweenthe plate and the block. The inner portion of the rope is then pulleddownwardly, so as to elevate the bag, until the groove in the shoulder10 receives the beveled cross-head 7, as best shown in Fig.

2 of the drawings, whereby the bag is held' against a twisting movement.When the bag has thus, been elevated, the free portion of the rope isengaged with a suitable clamp or catch 16, secured to the wall orsupportand located a suitable distance below the bottom of the bag in itselevated position, so as not to interfere therewith. This clamp or catchis provided with an inverted substantially V-shaped notch 17, in whichthe rope is received and against the opposite walls of which the rope isfrictionally held by the strain caused by the Weight of the bag.

The sifter comprises a shell or body 18, which is open at its upper andlower ends and is provided with a plurality of spring-arms 19,projecting above the top of the shell and having terminallaterally-disposed sharpened fingers or prongs 20 to enter the bag, andthus suspend the sifter from the lower end thereof, so the mouth of thebag may be opened di- IOO rectly within the shell. To relieve the bag ofthe weight of the sitter, a suspending device is provided by means of arope or chain 21, which has its intermediate portion passed looselythrough a perforation 22, formed in the body of the clamp 8, theopposite ends of the rope having'hooks 23 for detachable engagement withperforations or other suitable means provided at the upper edge of theshell. Thus the sifter is really supported by the rope 21, while thespring-arms 19 prevent the sitter from swinging and being therebydisplaced from the mouth of the bag.

Intermediate of the opposite ends of the shell there is provided ascreen 24, over the upper side of which work a plurality of agitators25, which are carried by a centrallylocated and vertically-disposedshaft 26,ro the lower end of which is removably secured a crank-handle27, which projects laterally outward through a marginal slot 28, formedin one side of the shell of the sifter. The bottom of the shell isnormally closed by means of a removable bottom plate 29, heldin place bymeans of a pin and bayonet-slot connection 30, or in any other preferredmanner.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that a bag of iiour ormeal may be conveniently elevated into position and held againstswinging, and the sifter may be applied to the bag so as to remainthereon until the contents thereof has been entirely sifted, when a newbag may be substituted. By means of the spring suspending-arms 19 andthe flexible rope 21 the device is applicable to bags of diierent sizes.A suitable handle 3l is provided upon the exterior of the shell, so asto rigidly support the latter during the operation of the sitter.

Vhat is claimed is- 1. The combination with a supportingbracket, of abag-engaging device, a bag-elevating device mounted upon the bracket andconnected to the bag-engaging device, and a cross-head carried by thebracket and located in the path of the upward movement of thebag-engaging device, said bag-engaging device being interlocked with thecross-head in the elevated position of the bag-engaging device, wherebythe latter is held against accidental swinging.

2. The combination with a supportingbracket, of a bag-engaging devicehaving a substantially V-shaped groove or recess, elevating means forthe bag-engaging device and mounted upon the bracket, and a beveledcross-head carried by the bracket and arranged in the path of thebag-engaging device to be received within the groove thereof.

3. The combination with a supportingbracket, of a pulley-wheel mountedthereon, a transverse and beveled cross-head pendent from the bracketand below the wheel, a rope passing over the pulley-wheel, and abag-engaging device having a lateral shoulder, provided in its upperface with a substantially V-shaped groove to receive the beveled portionof the cross-head, in the elevated position of the bag-engaging device.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination with asupporting-bracket, of a bag-elevating device mounted. thereon, and abag-engaging clamp connected to the elevating device, and comprising, abody, a screwthreaded bag-piercing pin projecting outwardly from thebodyand having its outer end pointed, a movable clamp member slidabletoward and away from the body and upon the pin, and a thumb-nut carriedby the pin and clamping the movable member against the body.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with asupporting-bracket, having a beveled cross-head, of a bag-elevatingdevice mounted upon the bracket, and a bagengaging clamp, comprising abody, having a lateral shoulder upon its inner side and provided with asubstantially V-shaped groove to receive the beveled portion of thecrosshead, a lateral pointed andv screw-threaded pin projecting at theopposite outer side of the body a movable clamp member slidable upon thepin, and a thumb-nut.

6. The combination with a support, of a bag-holder connected thereto, asitter located ing connection between the sifter and the bag-holder, andbag-engaging devices rising l from the sitter.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aliixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL H. SHANLEY. l/Vitnesses:

H. H. COOPER, G. W. LANDERS.

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